Shoe-blacking



FFICEQ JOHN B. BERNARD, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHOE-BLACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,876, dated September 24, 1895. Application filed May 15, 1895- Serial No. 1 (N0 5139511191150 To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. BERNARD, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter for Use as Shoe- Blacking, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved shoe-blacking which will require but a few strokes of the brush to produce a lustrous shine, which will not soil any articles that may come in contact with the shoes, and which will keep the leather pliable and diminish its wear.

To these ends my invention consists in the particular composition of the blacking, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In carrying out my invention I first mix the following substances: WVater, one hundred and twenty-five parts, by weight; gelatine, twelve parts, by weight; sugar, (preferably powdered,) twenty-five parts, by weight; borax, ten parts, by weight; muriatic acid, twenty-five parts, by weight; sulphuric acid, twenty parts, by weight. After the ingredients have been thoroughly mixed I pour the solution upon one hundred parts, by weight, of bone-black and stir the resulting mixture so as to make it as homogeneous as possible. Finally, I take twenty-five parts, by weight, of oil, preferably linseed-oil, and add it, usually warm or hot, to the above-described mixture. The compound which then results is my improved shoe-blacking.

Among the advantages of this new shoeblacking I would mention the fact that after being put on the leather by means of a dauber in the usual manner it instantly assumes a brilliant polish or shine upon the use of the brush, thus considerably reducing the work of blacking shoes. Another advantage is that the blacking will not discolor and stain the hands or any article that may touch the shoes. For instance, a piece of white cloth may be passed over the shoe after it has been blacked and the cloth will remain white. Furthermore, the leather of shoes blacked with my improved blacking remains soft and pliable and is protected from undue wear.

I desire it to be understood that the aboveindicated proportions may be altered and equivalents used for the substances named without departing from the nature of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The herein described composition of mat ter, consisting of bone black, muriatic acid, sulphuric acid, linseed oil, sugar, gelatine, and borax in about the proportions specified.

JOHN B. BERNARD.

Witnesses:

F. H. MOOSBRUGHI, L. RUEBY. 

